When the dismissal bell rings at 2:55 p.m. every day, students race to their cars in the parking lot. With limited roads to leave the school and major roads under construction, traffic fills Kingwood. Accidents and enraged drivers are commonplace.
With Houston and surrounding areas being consistently ranked among the worst U.S. cities to drive in, Kingwood has been a major traffic center for all drivers. In response, many high school students have been faced with the challenges of learning to drive in the Houston area.
“I feel like (the traffic) always builds by the end of the day,” said senior Izzy Sikora, who lives in Humble. “Obviously I drive all the way home, so if I have to come back, I have to drive through either Kingwood or North Park. It gets so unbelievably worse and I have to leave 45 minutes early just to get (anywhere) on time.”…